Does soil biota benefit from organic farming in complex vs. simple landscapes?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 210-214

  Flohre, Andreas ^a   Rudnick, Max ^b,d   Traser, Gyorgy ^c   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Eggers, Till ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Earthworms; Landscape complexity; Microbial biomass; Organic farming; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DETRITIVORY; EARTHWORM; FUNGUS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI;

EID: 79954628957     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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